Re: ESP vs Spot Metering?
Enders Shadow wrote:
elliottnewcomb wrote:
metering area to follow focus area location.
Not sure about your model. I actively change metering from center to spot, and have my Stylus 1 set so spot metering area location automatically follows wherever I move spot focus to.
That's not a option with the TG series. When Face Priority a enabled, a slight exposure priority is assigned to the area(s) where faces are detected. However, the entire scene is still evaluated for exposure.
In addition, because I shoot shutter mode so often, I find having AEL set up on a rocker/button a big help. I simply aim at a brighter/darker area, choke/open exposure, lock it, back down to my subject.
There's no shutter priority mode (or manual exposure) on any TG. And, with a limited number of buttons, there's no seperate AEL option or the ability to reassign button functions.
On my pocket zooms I also have no shutter priority (SH-50 and SH-1). I do have manual exposure, which permits me to change ISO, shutter speed and aperture, with the EV indicator telling me how far off I am from the correct exposure.
With spot-metering on stills it is very rare that I am so far out so I cannot correct in PP. I mostly use spot-metering for the moon.
For following a cruise ship out of the harbour on video, spot-metering causes the sky to brighten and darken as the ship goes with the shaded side towards me to the sunlit side towards me. Same thing happens with flying gannets moving in and out of the center spot when using spot-metering.
My understanding is that while the TG series does vary from my SH-series pocket zooms in the way lighting is metered, in my opinion ESP is still preferable for shot-to-shot consistency in still photos.
Henry